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How Domain History Ownership Data Enriches Threat Intelligence
Threat actors often register domain names in bulk. So when a malicious website gets blacklisted, they still have loads of backup domains. For this reason, domain names are a valuable source of threat intelligence . Organizations can further enrich this particular intelligence…
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5 Ways Marketing Managers Can Benefit from WHOIS Database Download
Organizations rely on their marketing managers to jumpstart their online success. Aside from allocating budgets for campaigns, managers also have to make sure their activities garner returns on investment (ROIs) and increase their companies’ profitability. And those who want to…
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Why Domain Names Can Be A Reliable Source of Threat Data
One of the main challenges for threat intelligence service providers nowadays is determining which sources they should use or compile in their solutions for optimal results. Just like any data analytics tool, the value of threat intelligence platforms will highly depend on…
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Expanding Domain Capabilities for Unified Threat Management
Many years ago, a sturdy firewall was all that a company needed to keep itself safe from external threats. This tool was what sat between the outside world and the inner network, examining ports and protocols to decide what can go in and what stays out. Then things started to…
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Here’s How a WHOIS Database Download Service Can Help in SIEM
Many modern enterprises today have found Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) tools to be invaluable. The reason for this is that these tools have become the eyes and ears of cybersecurity teams, providing them with the ability to identify network concerns and…
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Domain Names as an Investment
1985 saw the registration of first domain name, Symbolics. Since then, the internet has come a long way. The birth of the digital era gave way to a new type of entrepreneur, the one who has been riding the wave of the internet boom by investing in domain names. Yes, we are…
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Cybersecurity Company Asks ICANN To Establish a Mechanism Against Cyberthreats
With cyberattacks becoming a routine in the business and private sector, certain procedures and tactics are being implemented to ensure that both are kept safe. In fact, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has recently come into the limelight with…
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6 Benefits That New gTLDs Offer To Businesses
In the last blog, we explored the growth in new gTLDs and the reasons why individuals and businesses are increasingly opting for them. Today, we will discuss how these new gTLDs provide a fresh digital landscape to online businesses by providing opportunities to deepen their…
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Professionals That Benefit From a WHOIS Database Download
A database with all the contact and registration data for all domain names is of great use to a wide variety of professionals and agencies, especially when you factor in how many websites are added to that database daily. With thousands of domains being registered each day, it's…
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Are New gTLDs Finally Finding Their Niche In The Marketplace?
In early 2012, the new gTLD program initiated by ICANN enabled the largest expansion of the domain name system with the main aim to enhance innovation, competition, and consumer choice. New gTLDs were first introduced in October 2013 and by the end of 2014, hundreds of new gTLDs…
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Who Maintains The WHOIS Database
WHOIS is an extensively utilized Internet record listing that establishes the identity and contact information of the owner of a domain name. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) regulates the registration and ownership of domain names. Over the years,…
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The Web’s Most Dangerous Neighborhood to Steer Clear!
Domain names are an important way to establish a unique identity, to assign names to numerically addressed Internet resources, and to make network moves possible (globally or locally via an intranet). A lot has changed since 1985, when the first domain Symbolics.com was…
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API Access: Top Stats You Should Collect about Domain Names
Did you know that something as little as a weather forecast calculation can accumulate data sets reaching the size of petabytes ? For those who haven’t heard the term ‘petabyte’ before, it’s a unit equivalent to a million gigabytes of storage space. The good news is that we have…
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WHOIS Databases Superpowers: 9 Practical Applications
Who’s who in malicious activities? The WHOIS query and response protocol can just be the right source for businesses to find out. The information has been around since the 80s, helping Internet operators identify entities or individuals responsible for operating an online…
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The Ultimate Guide to the WHOIS Database
The Internet is a vast cyber landscape. And it’s growing by leaps and bounds every single day. While this is often a good thing, it can also make it very difficult for those of us who are interested in learning more about specific domains. Often, simply using the website’s…
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Domain names in the public domain
There aren’t enough registered domains to go round for every person on the planet, but we’re certainly getting close. At the latest estimation, the number of WHOIS records for domains ever recorded has passed 5 billion. That’s one domain for every single person living in China,…
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Downloading bulk WHOIS data: why and how?
In spite of all of its known deficiencies, WHOIS data still play a crucial role in e.g. IT security, marketing research, scientific investigations related to the Internet or the World Wide Web and the domaining business. They provide essential information on the ownership and…
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Cumulative reports on domain names
The amount of data that can be possibly generated, collected or processed with computers is well beyond our imagination. In high-performance computing applications, such as, e.g. in weather forecast calculations, the size of data sets is of order of petabytes. But what are we…